"Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" SOAPSTone Analysis and Reading Questions

I can remember reading "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God." Jonathan Edwards' sermon is certainly a memorable piece of American rhetoric.

While this is a common text for American literature classes, the language is dense and challenging.

To help students navigate this tricky text, I have selected an excerpt from the text and paired it with 25 side-by-side questions. The questions cover a variety of skills and topics, including figurative language, comprehension, allusion, inferences, author's purpose, tone, rhetoric, syntax, and point of view. In addition, you will also find 14 vocabulary matching questions and 10 writing prompts with an easy-to-use-rubric!

To make this as flexible as possible, I'm including a fillable .pdf, Google Slides, and a Google Form for the vocabulary!

Since this is a Google Resource, when you purchase this resource, TPT will create a file in your Google Drive where you will find the fillable .pdf, Google Forms, and Google Slides.

BUT WAIT...Save time, money, and sanity with the American Enlightenment Literature Bundle! Includes 45 writing prompts with 3 rubrics, 100 pages, 100 analysis questions, 6 Google Forms, and 2 Games. This bundle includes opportunities for poetry, primary sources, seminal US documents, informational texts, and speeches. This is a great way to introduce students to foundational American literature!

If you purchased each element individually, you'd spend $30, but with this bundle you'll save big! Get the bundle for $22, which is the same as getting two of the resources for free! the American Enlightenment Literature Bundle includes:

• Letters from an American Farmer or "What is an American?" Analysis Questions
• “On Being Brought from Africa to America” Analysis Questions
• "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" SOAPSTone Analysis
• American Enlightenment Anticipation Guide and Journals
• 3 Aphorism Activities with Ben Franklin's Aphorisms
• "Speech at the Virginia Convention" Questions
• Thomas Paine's The Crisis No. 1 Questions
• "The Ebb and Flow" Close Reading Guide

Plus, the bundle includes my 4-week American Enlightenment Unit Planner. This gives you a snapshot of how I structure this unit for my students!

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